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FIFTEEN LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH
ARKANSAS, 2000
ARKANSAS
CAUSE OF DEATH RANK NUMBER RATE PCT
TOTAL DEATHS, ALL CAUSES 28,182 1052.1 100.0
DISEASES OF HEART ..........................I00-I09,I11,I13,I20-I51 1 8,260 308.4 29.3
MALIGNANT NEOPLASMS.........................................C00-C97 2 6,085 227.2 21.6
CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASES ...................................I60-I69 3 2,252 84.1 8.0
CHRONIC LOWER RESPIRATORY DISEASES .........................J40-J47 4 1,400 52.3 5.0
ACCIDENTS ..........................................V01-X59,Y85-Y86 5 1,255 46.9 4.5
TRANSPORT ACCIDENTS .................................V01-V99,Y85 706 26.4 2.5
NONTRANSPORT ACCIDENTS ..............................W00-X59,Y86 549 20.5 1.9
INFLUENZA AND PNEUMONIA ....................................J10-J18 6 797 29.8 2.8
DIABETES MELLITUS ..........................................E10-E14 7 715 26.7 2.5
NEPHRITIS, NEPHROTIC SYNDROME AND NEPHROSIS N00-N07,N17-N19,N25-N27 8 500 18.7 1.8
SEPTICEMIA .................................................A40-A41 9 435 16.2 1.5
ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE ............................................G30 10 430 16.1 1.5
INTENTIONAL SELF-HARM (SUICIDE) ......................X60-X84,Y87.0 11 344 12.8 1.2
CHRONIC LIVER DIS AND CIRRHOSIS ........................K70,K73-K74 12 227 8.5 0.8
PNEUMONITIS DUE TO SOLIDS AND LIQUIDS ..........................J69 13 219 8.2 0.8
ASSAULT (HOMICIDE) ...................................X85-Y09,Y87.1 14 204 7.6 0.7
PARKINSON'S DISEASE ........................................G20-G21 15 166 6.2 0.6
ALL OTHER CAUSES .................................................. 4,893 182.7 17.4
NOTE: REFER TO PAGE IV FOR CHANGES IN CAUSE OF DEATH CLASSIFICATION
*NOT IN THE TOP FIFTEEN
RATES ARE PER 100,000 POPULATION
SOURCE OF ARKANSAS DATA: CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS, ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
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